One of the most valuable treasures of Ayurvedic Samhitas, Yogatarangini has so far been confined to a few persons. Now the present work is being introduced to bring out its latent knowledge to the English speaking people and particularly for the western medical practitioners. It is an extract of Indian medicine discussed in 56 books ranging from ancient period to later part of the 17th Century AD. It is a compiled work and masterpiece of Indian Medical System. This work contains diagnosis, prognosis symptoms and treatment of the diseases in a very comprehensive manner. It will not only prove to be a modern critical treatise having historical background but also a book which can be relied on for Indian Medical System. It contains at the end several important appendices on plants (with Latin names), diseases etc, and a Sanskrit-English glossary of technical terms used in the text and to crown all this, a valuable deliberation on the entire text by the learned translator.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nirmal Saxena
Dr. Nirmal Saxena, is well-known for his outstanding contributions in the fields of Ayurveda and History of Sciences. In the course of nearly twenty years dedicated to research he contributed innumerable articles to reputed national and international journals in History, medicine and Science. Born on November 4, 1952 in the family of a Vaidya Krishna Kumar. He got his university education at Banaras Hindu University. He completed his Ph.D. on topic, "Development of Indian Medicine from 1400 to 1600 A.D." Passing through a chequered carreer of lecturer in History at Yriloknath Postgraduate College, Tanda, Faizabad, he joined as project Investigator under the History of Science Programme of Indian National science Academy, New Delhi. Completed a Project, "A Critical Study of Yogaratnakara" sanctioned by the National Commission for History of sciences in India. At present he is again associated with INSA and working on the Project English Translation of the Vaidya Jivana of Lolimaraja at department of History, Bareilly College, Rohilkhand University, Bareilly.
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